RT Book, Section
A1 Allweiss, Pamela
A1 Hueston, William J.
A1 Carek, Peter J.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106850623
T1 Endocrine Disorders
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071827454
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106850623
RD 2024/04/25
AB Thyroid  disorders  affect  1  in  200  adults  but  are  more  common  in  women  and  with  advancing  age.  The  incidence  of  hypothyroidism,  for  instance,  is  0.3–5  cases  per  1000  individuals  per  year,  including  7%  of  women  and  3%  of  men  aged  60–89  years.  Hypothyroidism  is  much  more  common  than  hyperthyroidism,  nodular  disease,  or  thyroid  cancer.  Thyroid  nodules  occur  in  4–8%  of  all  individuals  and,  like  other  thyroid  problems,  increase  in  incidence  with  age.